THE LATE MR H.W. WAITE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 12, 28 November 1877, Page 2

THE LATE MR H.W. WAITE.

/ This week has been ushered m with an event of sadness ."that wiU long be held m memory by 'many m; this com-:; m unity. -Mr Waitey head teacher m the Palmerston Public School. whose illness we briefly-- anributfcefl; 5 th^ died at half pastsix on Sunday morning. A week pre'vibiisly /he was mMs usual health, but an ttnlobked fbr'disbrder' seizied upon hina^ and^despite the most ■ caref ul ' : medicaT/ treatment; hurrieftlii'm i through the brief stages of HJe's I clbs^ ; ing scene.. , During .his illness the r ;ul^ most soUcitude J? v^^s^ffeli; for f hirir and ' many were tlie enquiries made ■at -the hotel where he was stopping as : his* state. When the fatal e.yent became known on Sunday 'rmbrning an unwonted gloom settled"' -'upon the •piace/fbr'Mr Waite had made'many friends. During the eighteen months -that he had been located iniPalmerston he gained the confidence and respect of aB with whom he came m coritacti arid this was not merely on accotint of ') hisV prof essional ability, which ; is uniyerasaliy ackrib>vledged. His personal qualities, his ami and gentlemanly . deportment m his social relationships and ;the integrity of character that distinguished him formed the - chief basis upon which friendships were made and confidence established. Yet withal he was of a retiring disposition,; and perhaps this trait prevented him; f rom reaiising/' frilly ; the position he oc-; cupied. He is /to have ; said' when on hisdeath^d/^at one good; thing his iUhess brought; to him was/a knowledge of the many genuine. frjends; he possessed.' '■ ' He. '\v'as ; made- to feel that v although iar away "from relations, he did' riot 'suffer the/fate of a strariger/ m a strange land; - There were many; willirig hands arid anxious 'heart's exer-/ riised-ih^hisfbehalf;^'/'; /U./ -'^../v;; : On Monday, at '.-■four', o'clock his /re-.-mains';' Were earnbd* to' theii rest«yi : 3The chief residerits of the iplaoe; followed to the cemeteryy and -as- the -mournful cortege passed" the school-house the children fell'-iri/tp see the/last of their much loved^teacheri-/ -Mr the cemetery the Rev. Mr iSherriff of Foxton met the processiori by whom the obsequies were performedi / ; ..»,., -: /Thus;, has passed away"; frorii jour midst ''-one of -good ; nrbmfse^ ', The grwri age of 28 was marked /'upbii the; 1 coffinlid, but scarcely to be/ seen amid the.' flowers.; that kind hands had plentifully! supplied. . ; : 'A'Af. : ' v / ' : ';-" ! -'-j' : /|